Shock-absorber



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Patented .Tune 24,1919.

L. C. AND l. H. BRAHST.

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LOUIS C. BRAI-IST AND J ULIUS H. BRAHST, OF -IOBART, INDIANA.

SHOCK-ABSORBER.

Patented June 24, 41919.

Application led .Tune 19, 1918. Serial No. 240,754.

To all Awhom it' may concer/a: f

Be it known that we, Louis C. BRAHST and JULIUs H. BRAHST, citizens of the United States, residingat Hobart, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shock-Absorbers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, land exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and' use the same.

shock absorbers, and more particularly to a manner of connecting them to a vehicle and the springs thereof, and has for one of its objeets'the provision of means for permitting the shock absorber to move independently of the vehicle, thereby'decreasing the liability of breaking the shock absorber on the vertical and horizontal movement of said vehicle when running over uneven ground.

Another object of this invention is the provision of means permitting the springing of the vehicle to contract without undue resistance thereto and to retard the rebound thereof.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a shock absorber of the abovestated character, which will be simple, du-

rable and eiiicient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view, as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain `novel features' of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete' understanding of our in- This invention relates to improvements in relatively spaced plates 7, connected by bolts 8 and 9. The bolt 9 is passed through the chassis 1, so as to position the plates upon i each side of the chassis, and has mounted thereon a spacing collar 10 for spacing one of the plates 7 away from the inner face of the' chassis. The bolt 8 is adapted to support the rear end of the spring;v 2 in the usual manner. A spacing plate li is mounted onthe bolts 9 and'S upon their outer ends for spacing a balancing lever 12 away from the spring 2. The balancing lever 12 1 has an opening in one end to receive the bolt 8, and is retained thereon by a nut 13. The balancing lever 12 extends, substantially parallel with the spring 2 and terminates at its forward end at a point in, advance of the axle 8, and has pivoted to this end a forked member 14, carried by a piston rod 15'I The piston rod 15 extends into a cylinder 16 of a shock absorber 17 by`way of a stuffing box 18, and has mounted thereon a perforated piston 19, which f'rictionally engages the Walls of the cylinder 16. The upper end of the cylinder 16 is closed by a removable cap 20, provided with an oil or fluid filling opening, so that the cylinder 16 can be readily filled with Huid to act against the piston 19 during the movement thereof in the cylinder. The filling opening is normally closed by a remova'ble plug 21.

A band 22 is secured to the cylinder 16 and has formed thereon a cylindrical extension '23 that is journaled in a bearing 24 mounted -upon the chassis 1 adjacent its front end. The bearing 2-1 is provided with downy wardly depending arms 25, which, are secured to the side'face of the chassis by bolts 26, whereby the cylinder 16 is mounted for oscillatory movement upon the chassis.

A bearing 27 is mounted upon the spring 2 and held thereon by the clamps 5,' and has journaled therein a pin 28, cai-frying a downwardly depending arm 29. The arm 29 has formed thereon a screw threaded extension 30, which extends through an opening in the balancing lever 12, adjacent its forward end, or the portion that is directly over the axle 3, and is secured thereon by the nut 31, whereby theJv shock absorber 17 may move independently of the vehicle to which it is attached, thereby decreasing the liability of preferred embodiment of our invention, it

will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

AHaving thus described our invention, Whatwe claim 1S: l

1 The combmatlon with a vehicle including a chassis andl a spring, a cylinder mounted on the chassis and capable of oscillatory movement in relation thereto, av piston for f said cylinder, a bearing secured (to said spring, an arm carried by said bearing, a balancing lever journaled on said arm adjacent one endthereof, means Ipivotally connecting the shortest end of the lever to the plston, and 'means pivotally connecting the longer end of the balancing lever te the chassis.

2. In combination, a chassis, a spring pivoted atits ends to the chassis, a lever pivoted at one end to one end of the spring, a retardng device pivotcd to the chassis and to the other end of the lever, and e crank pivoted to the spring and to the lever intermediate the ends thereof.

3. In combination, a chassis, a spring connected to the chassis, a lever pivotally cennected at one end te the chassis and spring,

a crank pivoted to the spring and to the lever intermediate the ends thereof, and a retarding device connected to the chassis and to the other end of the lever.

4. In combination, the chassis of a vehicle, a spring pivoted at one end to the chassis, a shackle Apivoted to the chassis and to the other end of the spring, a lever arranged in parallel relation to the spring and pivotally connected to said last named end thereof, a crank pivotcd to the spring intermediate the ends thereof and to the lever intermediate the ends thereof, and a retarding device pivoted to the chassis and to the other end of said lever.

In testimony whereof we aiix our signatu'res in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS C. BRAHST. JULIUS H. BRAHST. Witnesses J. C. CAVENDER, 1WM. Kos'rBAnE. 

